Jointed pile.



C. L. BAILEY.

10mm PILE.

ION FILED JUNE Patented May 11, 1915.

CHARLES L.-BAILEY, OF ARTHUR BAY, MICHIGAN.

JOINTED FILE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 11, 1915.

Application filed June 13, 1914. Serial No. 845,018.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES L. BAILEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Arthur Bay, in the county of Menominee and State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Jointed Pile, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in jointed piles, one object of the invention being the provision of a slip and lock joint for connecting pile sections together, so that the same may be readily locked in place and reinforced at such point while at the same time, being readily disengaged where necessary, there being a flexible connection between the two sections of piles whereby when the same are disconnected, they may be placed alongside of each other, or whereby the upper section may be disconnected and weighted to be submerged during winter so that forming or floating ice will not injure the pile.

A further object of the present invention, is the provision of a jointed pipe, by means of which a pile of any desired length may be secured, by connecting the respective sections together by the joint hereinafter to be described.

Vith the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

' In the drawings-Figure 1 is a vertical central sectional view through the adjacent ends of a section of a pile showing the pres ent invention applied. Fig. 2 is a similar view with the sections extended illustrating how the same may be placed side by side without entirely disconnecting the joints. Fig. 3 is a section on line 33 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates one section of a pile, and has disposed thereupon, the cylindrical sleeve 2, the same being held in place by means of the transversely disposed pin or bolt 3. The adjacent section 1 of the pile has its end slightly reduced as at 5 for the reception of the sleeve 6 and the band 6', the limiting shoulder 7 for the lower end 8 of the sleeve2 is provided upon the section 4, while the sleeve 6 is provided with the bead or rim 9 which is recessed or slotted as at 10 to receive the lug 11 carried upon the inner side of the sleeve 2 below the end of the pile section 1. It will thus be seen that the lower end of the sleeve 2 will telescopically fit upon the sleeves 6 and 6, the lug 11 being alined with the slot 10, so as to permit the passage of the lug therethrough, the section 1 being turned in either direction so as to place the lug out of alinement with the slot 10 and thus lock the two sections against longitudinal displacement.

A bolt or pin 12 is provided for locking the sleeve 6 in place, while the transverse pin or bolt 12 looks the sleeve 6 in place.

The section 1 is provided with the concentrically disposed cylindrical bore or socket l3 lined at its outer end with a metal sleeve 13, while the section t is Provided with the concentrically disposed cylindrical socket 14 lined at its outer end with the metal sleeve 14, the said sockets 13 and lt being disposed to be coaxial when the sections 1 and 1 are together and as shown in Fig. 1.

Connected upon the respective pins or bolts 3 and 12, is a chain 15, which when the sections are in the position as shown in Fig. 1, have the slack accommodated within the concentric socket 14, as clearly illustrated. This chain or flexible connection is of sufficient length to permit of the sections 1 and 2 to be separated as shown in Fig. 2 so that they may be placed side by side.

It will thus be seen that with this construction, that the top section may be detached and placed alongside of the upper end of the lower section of the pile and returned to the position and connected as shown in Fig. 1, when necessary.

The chain 15 is provided with a swivel link 16 by means of which one pile section may be rotated without producing a kink in the chain.

What is claimed is:

The combination with two pile sections, of a joint therefor, comprising two telescopic metal sleeves carried by the respective adjacent ends of the sections, one sleeve being provided with a circumferentialrim having a slot, a lug carried upon the inner face of the other sleeve for passage through the slot, whereby when one sleeve is rotated within the other, the lug will engage the under side of the rim to prevent longitudinal separation of the sleeves and pile sections,

each of said pile sections being provided With a concentric socket for coaxial disposition, and a flexible connection having its terminals mounted and connected Within the sockets intermediate of their ends, said flexible connection being of sufiicient length to permit of the separation of the sleeves and the disposition of one section alongside of the other section, the said sockets consti- I tilting a receptacle for the slack When the 10 101111; is connected.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of tWo Witnesses.

CHARLES L. BAILEY.

Witnesses:

EDYTHE IsAAosoN, ANNA BACKMAN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

